Poto
When this was discussed in another thread, most seemed to
think "Skimpy" will acquire new aircraft, Mr Dixon has said
other airlines that have tried an LCC off shoot have got it
wrong.
My take on this is a clean sheet of paper and all
staff will be hired fresh, if he transfers the aircraft from
domestic, obviously there will be a staff surplus in QF short
haul, if this occurred I can imagine that many ground staff
and F/As will have to be made redundant, and offered new
positions with "Skimpy" at the new pay level, trying to imagine
current QF F/As having to clean the aircraft on 30 min turns
at this pay level seems too hard, this could be why many newbies are on the short list at MAM.
Remember that DJ only have 80 odd employees per aircraft,
so to get to that level, check-in, Baggage handlers and F/As
and other staff would have to adjust dramatically, pilots is
anyones guess as to how it would be handled, tomorrow
should shed some light, then again maybe I'm wrong and it will get new planes
and "Skimpy" will compete against QF as well as Virgin.
Wirraway